Imagination
Profits, profits, profits
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Thanks to Steve Clayton for this fascinating piece of ‘infoporn’ – stats that in one sense are hardly surprising (there have to be some businesses making extreme profit whatever the climate) but it wakes one up to think just what could be done with such huge profits if the heart and vision was there to [...]
Inside/Outside
Monday, December 14th, 2009Great quote amongst many on just Hugh MacLeod’s page, “Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.” let alone the incredible range of contributions to this new free ebook called What Matters Now. that is well worth dipping in to. Again, from Seth Godin: When the economy tanks, it’s natural to think of yourself first. [...]
A linked up world emerging
Friday, November 21st, 2008Despite catching bits of it over the past few years I’ve never actually read the whole Clutetrain Manifesto. Just an interesting snippet from the 95 theses section: Today, the org chart is hyperlinked, not hierarchical. Respect for hands-on knowledge wins over respect for abstract authority . Something that is true in relational terms at one [...]
Is it imaginable?
Thursday, November 20th, 2008The continued focus on The Prophetic Imagination continues (without apology!) "We need to ask not whether it is realistic or practical or viable but whether it is imaginable. We need to ask if our consciousness and imagination have been so assaulted and co-opted by the (prevailing) royal consciousness that we have been robbed of the [...]